Rita Reaches category 5
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I wonder how screwed up the response to this storm will be.... and just how badly N.O. is going to be flooded again. 
"Katrina is a symbol of all this administration does and doesn't do. Michael Brown -- or Brownie as the President so famously thanked him for doing a heck of a job - Brownie is to Katrina what Paul Bremer is to peace in Iraq; what George Tenet is to slam dunk intelligence; what Paul Wolfowitz is to parades paved with flowers in Baghdad; what Dick Cheney is to visionary energy policy; what Donald Rumsfeld is to basic war planning; what Tom Delay is to ethics; and what George Bush is to
"Katrina is a symbol of all this administration does and doesn't do. Michael Brown -- or Brownie as the President so famously thanked him for doing a heck of a job - Brownie is to Katrina what Paul Bremer is to peace in Iraq; what George Tenet is to slam dunk intelligence; what Paul Wolfowitz is to parades paved with flowers in Baghdad; what Dick Cheney is to visionary energy policy; what Donald Rumsfeld is to basic war planning; what Tom Delay is to ethics; and what George Bush is to
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Originally Posted by jedwards,Sep 23 2005, 11:15 AM
Cat 3 but they say the outer winds haven't slowed and the surge is still the size as when it was cat 5. 
Don't listen to TV weather men. They have a conflict of interest. Severe weather brings in the best ratings.<-- Worked in TV news.
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Originally Posted by KenS2K,Sep 23 2005, 01:51 PM
Don't listen to TV weather men. They have a conflict of interest. Severe weather brings in the best ratings.<-- Worked in TV news.
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Originally Posted by KenS2K,Sep 23 2005, 01:51 PM
Don't listen to TV weather men. They have a conflict of interest. Severe weather brings in the best ratings.<-- Worked in TV news.
That could NOT be FURTHER from the truth!
Seriously though, you'd think people wouldn't have to be reminded about that kinda thing you know? I mean look at the way T.V. news goes apeshit at the possibility of snow? Hyping it up like crazy, all for a glorified flurry (at least around DC)
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You guys are right. I shouldn't listen to them, especially when the data is available to any ole joe on the net. Problem is I don't have time while I'm working so I sit with the news on and listen/watch.
It's funny as hell... CNN is doing a 'special' at 5 tonight to show you the (real) news that's been going on (quoting them) "for the past 3 weeks while we've been covering Hurrican Rita and the events following Katrina."
Why haven't they been covering them all along? Do we have to know the windspeed every 2 minutes. This fecking storm is moving around 12 mph... it's like watching paint dry.
It's funny as hell... CNN is doing a 'special' at 5 tonight to show you the (real) news that's been going on (quoting them) "for the past 3 weeks while we've been covering Hurrican Rita and the events following Katrina."
Why haven't they been covering them all along? Do we have to know the windspeed every 2 minutes. This fecking storm is moving around 12 mph... it's like watching paint dry.